Urgent safety lesson issued after a fatal inversion of a sailing boat with a retractable keel
Dave Oakey2019-08-28T15:17:29+01:00RYA urges boaters to heed MAIB Safety Bulletin on securing of retractable keels and retractable weighted centreboards
Sailing and Social Report 27-Jun-19
Dave Oakey2019-09-23T11:47:39+01:00Family Regatta 2008 - note the weather! Sailing Club News - 27-Jun-19 I am still feeling a little guilty about setting a course yesterday evening for the fast handicap boats which included a ‘stomach muscle cramping’ beat from mark 7 (the very South of the lake), to mark A (the very North). There was [...]
Solo Open 08-Jun-19
Dave Oakey2019-06-17T13:37:09+01:00by Errol Edwards Chew Valley Lake Solo Open © Charlie Chandler A total of six Solos entered the 2019 Chew Valley Lake Solo open meeting which was a lot considering the strong winds and even stronger gusts out in the middle of the lake. Even getting out to the start line was more than challenging, [...]
Sailing and Social Report 30-May-19
Dave Oakey2019-06-28T17:12:04+01:00The courageous, bold rescuers.... Sailing Club News - 30th May 2019 I have had a hectic week of ‘catch-up’ after deserting my post at Chew to enjoy a river cruise up the Mississippi. 640 miles against the flow of that impressively dangerous looking river – in full flood the whole way, and I didn’t [...]
Sailing and Social Report 09-May-19
Dave Oakey2019-06-03T14:28:31+01:00Mirrors at Chew late '70s Sailing Club News 09-May-19 There has been much evidence of boat and even cover washing going on over the last couple of weeks as more of you are ending your winter hibernation. Once again there were 60 boats racing last Wednesday evening! The Training and Class Race Day last [...]